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APPARATUS FOR THE MANUPAOTURB 0F I'R'AKSTRUQTURBS. l Y" Y j NO- 490.941f' n I PatentedJam. 31, 1.8973'.` I

' UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR ANGERER AND CHARLES A. PSILANDER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO THE WILLIAM WHAR'ION, J R., &; COMPANY, IN- CORPORATED, OF SAME PLACE. y

APPARATUS FOR THE NIANUFACTU RE OF TRACK STRUCTURES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,941, dated January 31, 1893.

Application iiled May 16, 1892. Serial No. 433,147. (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern: tween the frames the structure is set in the Be it known that we, VICTOR ANGERER, a molding sand which is rammed so as to leave citizen of the United States, and CHARLES A. a space at the side of the rails and -between 55 PSILANDER, a subject of the King of Sweden them wherever the cast metal is wanted.

and Norway, and both residents of Philadel- It will be nnoticed that the lower frame A is phia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Appaembedded in the sand as well as the rails,but ratus for Manufacturing'lrack Structures, of the upper frame B is-above the sand. The which the following is a specification. molten metal is poured between the bars of Eo The object of our invention is to hold rails the upper frame into the space or spaces ro or other shapes in proper relative position made to receive the cast metal. When this while metal is being cast around them in ormetal cools the structure is removed from the der to secure them together. sand and the united rails are released from Our invention is designed for use particuthe frame. larlyr in connection with the manufacture of It will be understood that other means of railway track structures as set forth in the fastening may be employed, and We do not application for patent filed by Edward Samconiine ourselves particularly to thel manuuel on February 24, 1892, Serial No. 422,618 facture of railway structures, as other structin which is fully described the method of ures may be secured by the same method 7o uniting two or more rails or other shapes towithout departing from our invention. gether by means of a casting. We claim as our invention:

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l, 1. The combination of the two open frames is a perspective view of our improved frame between which are clamped the rails or equivafor holding the rails in proper relative posilent parts, and devices for securing the frames 75 tion; Fig. 2, is a transverse sectional viewtogether and against the rails, said frames through the frame and molding sand. being open to receive the sand of the mold A is the base frame made up of two longiand the molten metal, substantially as specitudinal side bars a and transverse bars a fied. forming what we may term a grid. Project- 2. The combination of two clamping frames, 8o ing from the lower frame A is a series of one situated above the other, between which posts c which pass through openings in an are confined the rails or equivalent parts, de-

upper frame B similar in construction to the' vices for securing the frames together and frame A, having longitudinal bars h Aand against the rails, and a mold in which the transverse bars h. The rails xx are secured clamp is embedded and in which the casting 8 5 between the two frames, the posts c passing is made, substantially as specified. through the orifices in the frameB and keyed 3. The combination of the lower frame A thereto by Wedges d which pass through slots composed of longitudinal and transverse bars, in the upper end ofthe post, thus the two the upper edges of the transverse bars being frames are rigidly secured together with the notched, posts on said frame, an upper frame 9o rails in proper relative position between B composed of longitudinal and transverse 4o them. bars, the lower edges of the transverse bars In some instances we may shape the upper being notched, said frame having openings surface of the cross bars a of the lower frame through which the posts pass, and devices A to conform to the heads of the rails, as for locking the frames together, substantially 95 clearly shown in Fig. 2, and we may also as described. notch the underside of the frame B to receive In testimony whereof we have signed our the base ianges of the rails in order to pre` names to this specification in the presence of vent the rails from being accidentally moved two subscribing witnesses.

out of alignment. Separate adjustable pieces VICTOR ANGERER. may also be secured to the cross bars a to OHAS. A. PSILANDER. 5o engage with the rails so as to take the place Witnesses:

of the notches and hold the rails in alignment. W. J. BURNS,

When the rails are mounted in position be- I-IAEEY SMITH. 

